• Understanding and Teaching Readi...

    $110.00

    The ultimate aim of reading is not the process but to understand what we read and comprehension can take place at many different levels. There has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of reading comprehension in recent years but despite this there is very little written on this vital topic accessible to trainee and practicing teachers.

    The Handbook of Reading Comprehension presents an overview of recent findings on reading comprehension and comprehension problems in children. It provides a detailed examination of the characteristics of children who have reading comprehension difficulties, and examines ways in which comprehension can be supported and improved. It is accessibly written for students and professionals with no previous background in the psychology of reading or reading problems.

    This indispensable handbook asks the question ‘what is comprehension?’ The authors consider comprehension of different units of language: understanding single words, sentences, and connected prose and outline what readers (and listeners) have to do to successfully understand an extended text. This book also considers comprehension for different purposes, in particular reading for pleasure and reading to learn and explores how reader characteristics such as interest and motivation can influence the comprehension process.

    Different skills contribute to successful reading comprehension. These include word reading ability, vocabulary knowledge, syntactic skills, memory, and discourse level skills such as the ability to make inferences, knowledge about text structure, and metacognitive skills. The authors discuss how each one contributes to the development of reading comprehension skill and how the development of these skills (or their precursors) in pre-readers, provides the foundation for reading comprehension development.

    Areas covered include:-

    • Word reading and comprehension
    • Development of comprehension skills
    • Comprehension difficulties
    • Assessment
    • Teaching for improvement

    Throughout the text successful experimental and classroom based interventions will be highlighted, practical tips for teachers and summary boxes detailing key points and explaining technical terms will be included in each chapter.

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  • Teaching Sprints: How Overloaded...

    $43.25

    Enhance teachers’ expertise – in every term, every school year.

    With all of the everyday demands of teaching, the job of improving classroom practice is a challenge for teachers and school leaders. Grounded by research and field-tested around the world, Teaching Sprints offers a professional improvement process that works in theory and practice.

    Including insights from the field, and practical protocols, this book outlines a simple model for engaging in short bursts of evidence informed improvement work. Using Teaching Sprints, teams of teachers can enhance their expertise together, in a way that is sustainable on the ground.

    In Teaching Sprints, readers will find:

    • Three big ideas about practice improvement

    • A detailed description of a simple improvement process

    • Advice on how to establish a routine for continual improvement

    Whether you’re a classroom teacher thinking about your own practice, an instructional leader supporting colleagues to teach better tomorrow, or a school leader interested in enhancing your program for professional learning, Teaching Sprints is a must-read for you.

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  • A Fresh Look at Phonics by Wiley...

    $55.25

    “In most instances, there isn’t one main cause of a systematic breakdown in phonics instruction. Rather, a combination of causes can create a perfect storm of failure.”
    —Wiley Blevins

    Picture a class of kindergarteners singing the alphabet song, and teaching phonics  seems as easy as one-two, three, A, B, C, right? In a Fresh Look at Phonics, Wiley Blevins explains why it can get tricky, and then delivers a plan so geared for success, that teachers, coaches, and administrators will come to see owning this book as a before and after moment in their professional lives.

    In this amazing follow up to his renowned resource Phonics From A-Z, Wiley uses the data he has collected over two decades to share which approaches truly work, which have failed, and how teachers can fine-tune their daily instruction for success.

    You will learn to focus on the seven critical ingredients of phonics teaching that produce the greatest student learning gains— readiness skills, scope and sequence, blending, dictation, word awareness, high frequency words, and reading connected texts. Then, for each ingredient, Wiley shares:

    • Activities, routines, word lists, and lessons that develop solid foundations for reading
    • Ideas for differentiation, ELL, and advanced learners to ensure adequate progress for all learners
    • Help on decodable texts, what not to over-do, and what you can’t do enough of for your students’ achievement
    • Interactive “Day Clinic” activities that facilitate teacher self-reflection and school wide professional learning

    In a final section, Wiley details the ten common reasons instruction fails and shows teachers how to correct these missteps regarding lesson pacing, transitions, decodable texts, writing activities, assessment and more. A Fresh Look at Phonics is the evidence-based solution you have been seeking.

    Wiley Blevins, Ph.D., is a world-renowned expert on early reading, and author of the seminal book Phonics From A-Z among many other works. He has taught in both the United States and South America, and regularly trains teachers throughout Asia. He holds a Doctorate in Education from Harvard University, and has worked with numerous educational scholars, including Jeanne Chall, Isabel Beck, Marilyn Adams, Louisa Moats, and Dianne August, and others.

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  • Maximising the Impact of Teachin...

    $56.99

    Drawing on the lessons from one of the world’s leading research and development efforts involving teaching assistants (TAs), this book is the authors’ most authoritative text yet on how to design a whole school plan to improve TAs’ deployment, practice and preparedness, and put it into action. The authors use robust theories and original research to explore an innovative and integrated approach to making the most of TAs, and recognising the valuable contributions they make to the classroom and the school.

    Structured around a unique and empirically sound conceptual framework, this book provides essential principles, practical tools and workable strategies, developed through collaboration with hundreds of UK schools. It focuses on ensuring TAs can thrive in their role, and presents the tools and techniques needed to do so accessibly, and is illustrated with case studies on school and classroom practices.

    Essential reading for all primary school leaders and SENCOs responsible for training and managing TAs, this book is also a useful resource for teachers and teaching assistants looking to optimise the TAs’ contributions.

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  • Retrieval Practice: Research and...

    $22.99

    Retrieval practice is a strategy in which bringing information to mind enhances and boosts learning. In this punchy and accessible book, Kate Jones gives educators strategies and tips for using this powerful technique in their classrooms.

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  • Retrieval Practice: Resource Gui...

    $17.99

    As part of the successful and popular Retrieval Practice collection by Kate Jones, this practical resource guide is the go-to guide for a wide range of retrieval practice tasks that teachers can use in their classrooms. There are over fifty evidence-informed and creative, tried and tested, classroom resources and strategies to support retrieval practice. These include starter tasks, tasks to support literacy and revision as well as a range of recommended online quizzing tools. For each resource, there is an explanation with top tips and visuals for easy implementation. All of the resources provided aim to be low effort, high impact. Low effort for the teacher in terms of workload but high impact on student learning. Regardless of the subject or age range taught there are plenty of takeaways for every teacher – a handy retrieval resource guide for every teacher and every classroom.

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  • Retrieval Practice 2 : Implement...

    $22.99

    The research supporting retrieval practice is overwhelming; it is an effective and essential teaching and learning strategy. Leaders, teachers, students and parents all need to know about this strategy and how it can enhance learning. Retrieval practice is being widely used across schools and the research continues to shape classroom practice.

    After the success of Retrieval Practice: Research & Resources for every classroom, Kate Jones, an evidence-informed teacher and leader, takes the discussion further, going beyond the background, basics, and benefits of this strategy.

    This book focuses on the effective implementation of retrieval practice to support both teachers and leaders to ensure retrieval practice becomes firmly embedded in classroom routines. There are contributions from leading academics and a range of subject specialists reflecting, offering their wisdom and expertise as to how retrieval practice can be utilised to have a positive impact in the classroom and on outcomes.

    From the latest research to addressing common mistakes and tackling retrieval practice during a global pandemic, Retrieval Practice: Implementing, embedding & reflecting takes a fresh and in-depth look at this tried and tested technique.

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  • Reading & Writing With Mean...

    $83.95

    Reading & Writing With Meaning provides a structured yet engaging approach to tackling text-dependent questions. These questions help teachers and their students think critically about what they read, regardless of instructional context, subject matter, or grade. Specifically, this book develops teachers’ deep understanding of text-dependent questions, how they are formed, and how they can be used in the classroom.

    Instructors working with students of diverse abilities will find this guide’s format, sample text excerpts, and gradual release framework beneficial. Templates, charts, and examples are generously used throughout the book to make text-dependent questions both accessible and useful; a dropbox file of essential templates makes practice opportunities accessible to the teacher.

    This book is a great choice for teachers who want to help students develop a deeper understanding of what they read.

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  • Robust Comprehension Instruction...

    $68.99

    This practical K-12 teacher resource explains the “whats,” “whys,” and “how-tos” of using Questioning the Author (QtA), a powerful approach for enhancing reading comprehension and engagement. Thorough yet concise, the book shows how to plan lessons using both narrative and expository texts, formulate open-ended Queries, and guide class discussions around them. The authors discuss how QtA has evolved over many years of classroom application and include innovative ideas for integrating vocabulary instruction and writing prompts into QtA lessons. Also provided are steps for gradually transitioning from teacher-led instruction to independent reading. The book features extended examples of teachers implementing QtA, as well as four complete texts that can be downloaded and printed for classroom use.

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  • Choosing and Using Decodable Tex...

    $36.25

    In this must-have follow-up to his landmark best-seller Phonics From A to Z, Wiley Blevins explains why quality decodable texts are an essential early learning tool and how to distinguish the good from the bad. This resource offers practical lessons and routines for using decodable texts to build children’s phonics and fluency skills, as well as tips on selecting strong decodable texts and what to do if you don’t have any. Includes fun and engaging reproducible decodable mini-books.

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  • Australian Kid Lips Instructiona...

    $95.00

    A 131 page instructional guide with 43 user-friendly lessons. Each lesson is about 10 minutes in length. The extra value in the lessons is the English as an Additional Language or Dialect connection and explanation of why an English language learner may struggle to learn and pronounce sounds in English. Tips for instruction are also a part of every lesson. There is an inset image to match the correct Kid Lips™ picture card with each lesson. The guide is spiral bound for easy use during lessons. This manual is especially helpful for use in small groups and Special Education classrooms.

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  • Reading Reconsidered: A Practica...

    $56.95

    ISBN 9781119104247

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  • Beneath the Surface of Words Wha...

    $44.95

    English spelling has an undeserved reputation as unreliable and riddled with frustrating quirks. In the pages of this book, you’ll find stories, examples, and explanations that will reorient your perspective and reveal the integrated system that makes sense of the spelling of English words.

    This book will answer questions like these:

    – Why is there a W in answer and an L in talk?

    – What’s going on with words like move and comfortable?

    – Why isn’t hasten spelled like basin or mason?

    These spellings make sense once we are aware of all that’s conveyed by a written word—information about so much more than just its pronunciation. This book will introduce the structural (morphological) framework that is present in every English word, reveal the signals of relationships that are embedded in our most interesting spellings, and provide enlightening evidence to support a reevaluation of some traditional spelling rules.

    The compelling explanations of English spelling contained in this book allow all of us to understand and reconstruct many spellings, rather than memorizing them, while expanding vocabulary and deepening reading comprehension. This is particularly important for those with dyslexia.

    Set aside what you know about spelling for the moment, and take a journey below the surface of words. Together, we’ll uncover the surprising coherence, depth, and clarity of the English writing system.

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  • Morph Mastery : A Morphological ...

    $94.99

    ISBN: 9780367420000

     

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  • Heggerty Early Pre-Kindergarten ...

    $160.00

    Overview: 35-weeks of lessons with 3 days per week of instruction, 5-7 components in each lesson

    Grade level: 3 & 4 year old preschool classrooms

    Format: Whole group instruction

    Lesson length: 6-8 minutes

    The Early Pre-K Phonological Awareness curriculum is meant for learners in 3- and 4-year-old classrooms, and the Early Learning and Development standards across all states were used to plan the lessons for instruction. While the standards and expectations differ from state to state, the Early Pre-K curriculum will teach 5 phonological awareness skills. The skills of rhyme, initial phoneme isolation, and blending are introduced at the beginning of instruction. Segmenting words and Final Phoneme Isolation are introduced in later weeks of instruction.

    5 Phonological Awareness Skills
    Rhyme repetition, recognition, and production
    Initial Phoneme Isolation, including listening for a focus sound, alliteration and generating words that begin in a specific sound
    Blending words, syllables, body-coda, and onset-rime (Note: we do not blend at the phoneme level like we do in the current PreK curriculum)
    Segmenting into words, syllables, and onset-rime (begins in week 7; we do not segment into phonemes like we do in the current PreK curriculum)
    Final Phoneme Isolation (introduced in Weeks 24-35)
    2 Early Literacy Skills
    Alphabet Knowledge
    Language Awareness: Nursery Rhymes and sentences

    The lessons include explicit language to teach the skills and provide directions for each activity. Teacher modeling and support is included within the lessons, along with hand motions.

    The beginning weeks of instruction provide teachers with lessons for “Setting the Stage” to help students learn about listening for sounds and developing an understanding of the language play activities .

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  • Pet Shop Panda Series Decodable ...

    $60.00

    Eight delightful books introduce the sounds of the alphabet in small steps. Carefully structured to ensure successful progression, the first book has words created using just 5 letter sounds. A Parents’ Guide provides practical advice and tips for giving children a head start in the world of reading. A game and comprehension/discussion questions on the inside back cover. Delightful stories and illustrations.

    Book 1: s, a, t, i, m,
    Book 2: n, o, p,
    Book 3: b, c, g, h,
    Book 4: d, e, f, v,
    Book 5: k, l, r, u,
    Book 6: j, w, z,
    Book 7: x, y, ff, ll, ss, zz,
    Book 8: CVC

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  • The Grammar Book : Understanding...

    $39.99

    Everything you need to teach grammar in the primary classroom.

    What is the subjunctive mood? And when do you use a semi-colon? Are these questions that you, as a teacher, are afraid to ask? Cue this book! Written by two experienced teachers, The Grammar Book provides everything you need to teach grammar at primary level. Covering what you need to know as well as practical ideas to enliven your teaching, this book will make grammar fun and engaging – for both the pupils and for you too!

    Written in Zoë and Timothy Paramour’s funny, frank and reassuring style, this definitive guide is all about the importance of teaching grammar as a tool for writing, not as an ‘extra’ and certainly not as a boring lesson. Instead, the ideas presented are linked to a range of National Curriculum units, with original short texts through which the teaching of grammar is used to support the delivery of the wider English curriculum and prepare children for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) assessments. All teaching resources can also be downloaded from the companion website.

    Each chapter covers a different element of grammar and provides you with everything you need to know as well as teaching ideas, cross-curricular links and resources, making The Grammar Book a must-have resource for teaching grammar effectively at primary level.

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  • Oxford Spelling 4 Workbook

    $19.95

    Oxford Spelling is an evidence-based, whole-school program supporting spelling development and best-practice classroom instruction.

    Planned and written by Dr Tessa Daffern, Oxford Spelling incorporates the latest spelling research into a flexible and practical classroom resource. This comprehensive series enables teachers to teach spelling generalisations and strategies sequentially and explicitly, and connect spelling knowledge to reading, writing and other disciplines.

    Features of the series:

    Alignment to the latest Australian, Victorian and NSW curricula, and support for the ACARA Literacy Progressions
    Full colour Student Books that provide a systematic exploration of words through phonology, orthography and morphology
    Excerpts from fiction and non-fiction literary texts that expand student vocabulary and nurture appreciation for reading and writing
    Coverage of Oxford Wordlist high frequency words in Years F–2
    ‘Bringing it together’ activities that allow practice and consolidation of the phonological, orthographic and morphological skills

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  • Oxford Spelling F – 2 Teac...

    $64.96

    Oxford Spelling is an evidence-based, whole-school program supporting spelling development and best-practice classroom instruction.

    Planned and written by Dr Tessa Daffern, Oxford Spelling incorporates the latest spelling research into a flexible and practical classroom resource. This comprehensive series enables teachers to teach spelling generalisations and strategies sequentially and explicitly, and connect spelling knowledge to reading, writing and other disciplines.

    Teacher Resources:

    Teacher Handbooks that provide complete support for differentiated implementation of the program in the classroom, along with lesson plans, answers to activities and assessment guidance
    Further teacher materials available on Oxford Owl that give teachers easy access to:
    Curriculum mapping
    Assessment templates
    Flashcards for word-sorting tasks and additional spelling activities.

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  • Word Build : A Better Way to Tea...

    $110.00
    This level is for students who have mastered phonics and are ready to learn to read for meaning. This is anywhere from 2nd to 4th grade. Start here with older students with learning challenges, inexperienced ESL students, or any student needing in depth knowledge of prefixes and suffixes. Includes 30 affixes (prefixes or suffixes), 155 days of activities, and six assessments. The components are:

    • Teacher Book
    • BASICS Student Book
    • Student Activity Book
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